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Re: export/import status of Russia
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Thu Mar 13 00:29:27 1997
To: "Philip J. Nesser II" <pjnesser@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@cygnus.com>
Date: 12 Mar 1997 23:05:04 -0500
In-Reply-To: "Philip J. Nesser II"'s message of Wed, 12 Mar 1997 16:04:11 -0500 (EST)
"Philip J. Nesser II" <pjnesser@martigny.ai.mit.edu> writes:
>> A client has asked me to look into communications from their local offices
>> in Russia to their main headquarters in the US. They would like to use
>> local ISP's in Russia and set up an encrypted VPN over the Internet. Does
>> anyone have any good pointers to legal status of import/export policies in
>> Russia, and any suggestions for products.
In addition to the problem Sameer describes, I seem to remember that
Russia was planning to establish France-like restrictions on the use
of crypto, which may make it illegal for your client to use crypto
there at all. I don't know if such a law has been passed, or if so,
how easily it is to get past, or how strictly it is enforced.
As usual, check with a lawyer familiar with regulations on both sides
of the (ahem) curtain, and everywhere in between.
Marc
